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Temporary Caregiver Insurance
State: Rhode Island
Subject: State Disability Insurance, Paid Family Leave
Bill: S.B. 231
Sponsor: Goldin (D)
Introduced and referred to Committee on Labor: 02/06/2013
Hearing in Committee on Labor: 04/24/2013
Summary: Expands Rhode Island's Temporary Disability Insurance law to include a temporary caregiver insurance program, which would provide up to eight weeks of wage replacement to workers who take time off to care for a seriously ill child, spouse, parent, grandparent, parent-in-law or domestic partner, or to bond with a new child. The program would be funded through employee contributions. Provides job protection and continuation of health benefits during caregiving leave.
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